Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Science fair project that determines whether windmills can be designed so that birds will not feed on them. Will they discriminate between different patterns?

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Did you know that August is American Artist Month? Your child can explore the art of photography by using a digital camera to capture the landscape around her.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!